Tag: Cask Strength

I truly have come to love my “A Night in Chicago” series. For one, it means I drank more whisky, but more importantly it indicates that something special happened with special people in a very special city. The cold ass weather that is rudely closing out 2017 here in the states (well at least the … More A Night in Chicago: (K)Nights of the Scotch Table

Type: Rye Distillery: Sugarlands Region: Tennessee, USA Age: 2 Years ABV: 61.1% Average Price: $50 Peat’s Thoughts: By now I’m pretty sure I’m a broken record, but I’ve never been a big fan of rye whiskey outside WhistlePig. And… that’s the end of that story, on to the whiskey. Sugarlands Distillery opened in 2014 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee selling primarily moonshine. Now, before … More Sugarlands Roaming Man

What can be said anymore about Mickey Heads? He’s the brains of the operation for all that we currently admire, and adore about Ardbeg such as the Uigeadail and Corryvreckan. This year, Mickey is celebrating a decade of delectable drams as distillery manager of the acclaimed Ardbeg distillery. Officially kicking off in late February, one of the … More Mickey Heads in the Right Direction Again

Type: Single Malt Distillery: The Macallan Region: Speyside, Scotland Age: NAS ABV: 60.1% Average Price: $300 (if you can find it) Peat’s Thoughts: I’ve long been looking for a bottle of this, and I still can’t find one. Every time I hear a story about someone snagging this prized possession, it’s with some convoluted twists and turns about they found a … More The Macallan Cask Strength

Type: Single Malt Distillery: Amrut Region: India Age: NAS ABV: 58.1% Average Price: $110 Peat’s Thoughts: Once again Blackadder has called my name and this time, it came in the form of Peat Amrut, an Indian single malt whisky. On the nose you get an instant rush of smokey oak coupled with a lush sweetness which … More Blackadder Peated Amrut BA 19/2014

Type: Single Malt Distillery: Ardbeg Region: Islay, Scotland Age: NAS ABV: 54.2% Average Price: $60-75 Peat’s Thoughts: This cask strength monster is one of the best examples of power and balance. Uigeadail is Gaelic for “dark and mysterious”, but the only real mystery here is how they got this things to be so damn delicious. … More Ardbeg Uigeadail